Thankfully, we only have to think about this sort of thing for three more days, for however the courts decide how it will end, our parts in it will be done; our minds made up as to the question posed…
Author: vassar
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Not politicians But I’d like to put my finger on that trigger once again And point that gun at all the prideful men All the voyeurs and the lawyers who can pull a fountain pen And put you where they…
Politicians Can’t be Heroes
I’ll get to Donald Trump eventually, since there’s an election on. But the question is, first, Do nations need Heroes? Thomas Carlyle, the 19th Century English philosopher answered that question with a resounding “Absolutely.” In 1842 he did a series…